Psy.D., Illinois School of Professional Psychology
M.A., Southern Connecticut State College
B.A., State University of New york at Albany

Licensed Psychologist, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|
Certified School Psychologist, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychologists

Biography:

Jed Yalof, Psy.D., ABPP, ABSNP, is professor & chair of the Department of Graduate Psychology at Immaculata University, and coordinator of the Psy.D. program in clinical psychology. Dr. Yalof has been chair of the Department of Graduate Psychology since 1990 and coordinator of the Psy.D. program in clinical psychology since its inception in 1991. He was also the director of college counseling and testing services at Immaculata from 1984-1995. Dr. Yalof was the 2005 recipient of the University’s Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award.

Dr. Yalof holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and is a licensed psychologist. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Devereux Foundation in the areas of clinical psychology and traumatic head injury. He is also a certified school psychologist, completing postdoctoral training at Bryn Mawr College, and a neuropsychologist, completing postdoctoral training at the Fielding Institute. He is board certified in clinical psychology (ABPP) and school neuropsychology (ABSNP), and a graduate of the adult division (adult psychoanalysis) of the Institute of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.

Dr. Yalof is presently the editor of the Society for Personality Assessment's Exchange, and a member of the Society for Personality Assessment Board of Trustees. He is also a past president of the Academic Division of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. Dr. Yalof’s interests are in the areas of teaching and learning, academic leadership and governance, psychoanalytic theory and therapy, diagnostic assessment, and professional issues.

Professional writing includes authorship of journal articles in the areas of nonverbal learning disability, intake-referral process, teaching and learning personality assessment, teaching psychoanalytic theory and therapy, and college counseling, and co-authorship of articles in the areas of ethics, clinical supervision, and achievement motivation in athletes. Dr. Yalof is the co-author of professional newsletter articles in the areas of diagnosing subtle learning disorders, neuropsychological assessment of high-risk adolescents, school psychology and Rorschach, and doctoral training. Some of his Rorschach research was featured in the fall 2013 issue of Immaculata Magazine. Dr. Yalof published the book Training and Teaching the Mental Health Professional and co-authored book chapters on clinical interviewing and personality testing in schools.

Dr. Yalof has also presented numerous papers and workshops at professional conferences and meetings, and was a visiting professor/workshop presenter at the C.F. Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas in 1998. He has served as a reviewer for peer-refereed journals and for book publishers and has been an examiner of peers for board certification in clinical psychology and school neuropsychology. His private practice is in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and psychological assessment, including neuropsychological and school neuropsychological evaluations of children and adolescents (e.g., neurodevelopmental, neurocognitive - ADHD, LD, autistic spectrum, social-emotional/personality), and consultative evaluations for other psychologists.

Yalof, J., Kleiger, J., Bram, A., &Kulish, M. (2015, January). Assessment and the analytic identity. In J. Kleiger & J. Yalof (Chairs). Discussion Group at the National Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, in New York, NY.

Kleiger, J., Yalof, J., Bram, T., & Peterson, C. (2013, January). Assessment and the analytic identity. In J. Kleiger & J. Yalof (Chairs). Discussion Group at the National Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, in New York, NY.

Yalof, J. (2012, March). Identifying and responding to ethical quandaries in teaching and training. In V. Brabender (Chair). Making the right call: Addressing ethical quagmires in personality assessment. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

Kleiger, J., Yalof, J., & Bram, T. (2012, January). Assessment and the analytic identity: Using psychological tests to sharpen our dynamic understanding and aid in psychoanalytic treatment decisions. In J. Kleiger & J. Yalof (Chairs). Discussion Group at the National Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, in New York, NY.

Yalof, J. (2011, April). When deep waters run still: Points of conflict when diversifying the psychoanalytic landscape in graduate education. In D. Downing (Chair) Making sure we matter: The generative functions of psychoanalytical education in academia. Symposium conducted at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Psychological Association Division of Psychoanalysis, New York, NY.

Yalof, J. (2011, March). The analytic attitude in assessment. In J. Yalof (chair), Analysts who test: Assessment and the analytic identity. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA.

Yalof, J. (2011, March). Two approaches to Rorschach analysis: When might content outweigh structure? In M. Silverstein (Chair), Case studies of the Rorschach Comprehensive System supplemented with content analysis. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA.

Yalof, J. (2010, April). Taming the wish to be wild: Challenges to the psychoanalytic teacher and administrator. In. D. Downing (Chair). From the classroom and academia to psychotherapist office, and back again: Intensifying self-observing and containing skills in the student, supervisor/consultant, and administrator. Symposium conducted at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Psychological Association Division of Psychoanalysis, Chicago, IL.

Yalof, J. (2010, March). Supporting CS structure with content analysis in educational settings. In M. Silverstein (Chair). Clinical interpretation and the Rorschach: Using the Comprehensive System and content analysis. Symposium conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, San Jose, CA.

Yalof, J. (2009, April). Teaching from surface to depth. In D. Downing (Chair). Against all odds: Teaching psychoanalytical concepts and process in an era of professional and educational resistance. Symposium conducted at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Psychological Association Division of Psychoanalysis, San Antonio, Texas.

McGrath, M. C., & Yalof, J. (2008, February). School neuropsychology: Practitioners’ perceptions of training. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

McGrath, M. C., & Yalof, J. (2007, March). School neuropsychology: Impact on school psychology program training practices. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New York, NY.

Yalof, J. (2006, April). Classroom as clinic: Challenges of teaching psychoanalytic theory to doctoral students. In M. Hadley (Chair), Teaching psychoanalysis to clinical doctoral students in the age of managed care and short-term treatment. Symposium conducted at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Psychological Association Division of Psychoanalysis, Philadelphia, PA.

Yalof, J. (2005, March). Validate the unthinkable? The challenges of teaching students a psychoanalytically informed Rorschach research methodology. In P. Lerner (Chair), Validity and a psychoanalytic approach to the Rorschach. Symposium conducted at the Midwinter Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

Yalof, J. (2005, March). Parallels in teaching and learning the Rorschach. In M. Hilsenroth (Chair), Teaching and learning the Rorschach. Symposium conducted at the Midwinter Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL.

Awards:

Dr. Jed Yalof received the Society for Personality Assessment Distinguished Editor Award for his work as Editor of the Society for Personality Assessment Exchange Newsletter, 2003- 2015.